Journal article
Synchronizing noncontact rack-and-pinion devices
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The lateral Casimir force is employed to propose a nanoscale mechanical device composed of one rack and N pinions. A coupling between the pinions via torsional springs is shown to coordinate their motion through a synchronization transition. The system can work against loads that are greater than the lateral Casimir force for each device. The existence of a stable synchronized state ensures that the system could operate in full coordination without the need of delicate fine tuning of all the ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- 10.1063/1.3694050
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Bibliographic Details
- Journal:
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
- Volume:
- 100
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- 114105-114105
- Publication date:
- 2012-03-12
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0003-6951
- Source identifiers:
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326396
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:326396
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uuid:3f3909ea-efd9-4fbe-893f-6cf668343012
- Local pid:
- pubs:326396
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-20
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- 2012
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